C3 merged with an old anime merge of mine and back with a sliver of IndigoFurryMix's VPRED version. A bit more of an anime vibe, and it while it still looks a little washed out on low CFG scales, it's not as pronounced as with C3. Higher CFG scale is highly recommended (24-26). Works very well with ADetailer and the Restart sampling method (which mimics Hires.fix and meshes well with that setting enabled, producing significantly refined images and fixing a lot of problem hands.) As with C3 and other models with roots in YiffyMix, it is highly responsive to (and benefits greatly from) tagging for artistic styles, rather than prompting from the model alone. Your mileage may vary; I happened to get some good results using this merge, so I figure it can't hurt to give others the chance as well (especially considering it's based on another unique personal merge.)
Tips: Restart Sampling Method, 45-50 steps
Hi-res Fix (4x_fatal_anime_500000_G or R-ESRGAN 4x Anime6B work well) with 0.6 Denoising Strength
CLIP Skip 1
ADetailer enabled (face_yolo8n works well, tunes face details and eyes in particular, enable Merge mode in Mask Preprocessing for best results)
CFG Scale greater than 20 (24-26 recommended)
Works with most LORAs and embeddings I've tested, just be judicious with the weights for best results
YMMV with other styles or subjects; heavily content-tuned merge
